Bringing the future into focus

Dr. Sascha Fauser

Dr. Sascha Fauser

Dr. Fauser is an expert in the field of the genetics of ocular diseases. Together with an English team of scientists he was the first to show that structural gene defects in the eye can be repaired using gene therapy. Besides, he has developed and studied several transgenic animal models, which can be used to answer questions regarding the formation of retinal disorders such as AMD.

Experience

Medical studies in Tuebingen and London

1998 to 2002: Research scientist, University Eye Clinic Tuebingen

Research at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (USA)